Database/Perfuming/Thymus Serpillum Oil
100% natural origin · ISO 16128

Is Thymus Serpillum Oil natural?

Yes. All components, including thymol, carvacrol and cymene, are isolated by distillation from Thymus serpillum herb, so all mass is natural origin.

INCI nameThymus Serpillum Oil
CAS84776-98-7
FunctionPerfuming
FeedstockDominant feedstock is the flowering herb of wild…

How we scored it

Essential oil: phenolic monoterpenes and other volatiles isolated from the herb, not synthesised (b, n = 1); no synthetic fragments. NOI = 1.0.
What counts. ISO 16128-2 scores the atoms that remain in the final ingredient. Reagents, solvents, catalysts and protecting groups used during manufacture leave no mass behind and are not counted.

Where it comes from

Dominant feedstock is the flowering herb of wild thyme, steam-distilled to give the essential oil. No alternative route is commercially significant.

In plain English

Essential oil steam-distilled from the herb of wild thyme (Thymus serpillum), used for fragrance. It is made of natural plant aroma compounds, typically including thymol, carvacrol and p-cymene.

CosIng definition: Thymus Serpillum Oil is an essential oil obtained from the herbs of the Wild Thyme, Thymus serpillum L., Lamiaceae

References

  1. 1ISO 16128-1:2016 and ISO 16128-2:2017 — Guidelines on technical definitions and criteria for natural and organic cosmetic ingredients and products. ISO, Geneva.
  2. 2THYMUS SERPILLUM OIL. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
  3. 3THYMUS SERPILLUM OIL. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=THYMUS%20SERPILLUM%20OIL